Two baby camels born within a week at Bridlington Animal Park

Double-humped Bactrian calves, Gillie and Billie, have increased the camel herd size to six at Bridlington Animal Park

Two baby camels have been born within a week at a Bridlington park.

The male and female calves, Gillie and Billie, of the double-humped Bactrian species, increased Bridlington Animal Park's herd size to six, owners said.

Curator and director Paul Woodward said he believed his herd was the "biggest" in Yorkshire after the pair were born on 15 and 22 April.

Wild Bactrian camels are native to China and Mongolia but are classified as critically endangered.

Paul Woodward said "only a handful" are born in the UK each year

The International Union for Conservation of Nature has listed numbers to be about 950 in the wild.

Despite domesticated Bactrian camels numbering in the millions, Mr Woodward said: "Only a handful are born in the UK each year."

Bactrian camels were thought to be extinct in the wild until an expedition in 1957 sighted a small herd of them on the Mongolian slopes of the Altai Mountains.